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I just saw a dead child in Gaza with their head blown open on twitter without a graphic content warning.

I understand what the poster was trying to do but who are you helping at that point?

Pope forcibly removes a leading US conservative, Texas bishop Strickland

Bishop Strickland is a conservative who is active on social media and has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and some of his priorities

Pope Francis on Saturday forcibly removed the bishop of Tyler, Texas, a firebrand conservative prelate active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and has come to symbolize the polarization within the U.S. Catholic hierarchy.

A one-line statement from the Vatican said Francis had “relieved” Bishop Joseph Strickland of the pastoral governance of Tyler and appointed the bishop of Austin as the temporary administrator.

Strickland, 65, has emerged as a leading critic of Francis, accusing him in a tweet earlier this year of “undermining the deposit of faith.” He has been particularly critical of Francis’ recent meeting on the future of the Catholic Church during which hot-button issues were discussed, including ways to better welcome LGBTQ+ Catholics.

Earlier this year, the Vatican sent in investigators to look into his governance of the diocese, amid reports that priests and laypeople in Tyler had complained and that he was making unorthodox claims.

The Vatican never released the findings and Strickland had insisted he wouldn’t resign voluntarily, saying in media interviews that he was given a mandate to serve as bishop in 2012 by the late Pope Benedict XVI and couldn’t abdicate that responsibility.

The conservative website LifeSiteNews, which said it interviewed Strickland on Saturday, quoted him as saying one of the reasons given for his ouster was his refusal to implement Francis’ 2021 restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass.

Francis’ crackdown on the old liturgy has become a rallying cry for traditionalist Catholics opposed to pontiff’s progressive bent. Strickland told LifeSite he refused to implement the restrictions “because I can’t starve out part of my flock.”

He said he stood by his decision, would do it again and “I feel very much at peace in the Lord and the truth that he died for.”

His firing sparked an immediate outcry among some conservatives and traditionalists who had held up Strickland as a leading point of Catholic reference to counter Francis’ progressive reforms. Michael J. Matt, editor of the traditionalist newspaper The Remnant, wrote that with the firing, Francis was “actively trying to bury fidelity to the Church of Jesus Christ.”

“This is total war,” Matt wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Francis is a clear and present danger not only to Catholics the world over but also to the whole world itself.”

The two Vatican investigators sent into investigate Strickland — Bishop Dennis Sullivan of Camden, N.J., and the retired bishop of Tucson, Ariz., Bishop Emeritus Gerald Kicanas — “conducted an exhaustive inquiry into all aspects of the governance and leadership of the diocese,” said the head of the church in Texas, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo

After their investigation, a recommendation was made to Francis that “the continuation in office of Bishop Strickland was not feasible,” DiNardo said in a statement Saturday.

The Vatican asked Strickland to resign Nov. 9, but he declined, prompting Francis to remove him from office two days later, DiNardo’s statement said.

It is rare for the pope to forcibly remove a bishop from office. Bishops are required to offer to resign when they reach 75. When the Vatican uncovers issues with governance or other problems that require a bishop to leave office before then, the Vatican usually seeks to pressure him to offer to resign for the good of his diocese and the church.

That was the case when another U.S. bishop was forced out earlier this year following a Vatican investigation. Knoxville, Tenn. Bishop Richard Stika resigned voluntarily, albeit under pressure, following allegations he mishandled sex abuse allegations, and his priests complained about his leadership and behavior.

But with Strickland, the Vatican statement made clear he had not offered to resign, and that Francis had instead “relieved” him from his job.

Francis has not been shy about his concerns about the right wing in the U.S. Catholic hierarchy, which has been split between progressives and conservatives who long found support in the doctrinaire papacies of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, particularly on issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.

Strickland backed Vigano’s conspiracy theories (theories rather than conspiracies themselves, right?) about the COVID-19 pandemic, and on Saturday Vigano wrote that Strickland’s ouster showed a “cowardly form of authoritarianism” by Francis. “This affair will reveal who stands with the true Church of Christ and who chooses to stand with His declared enemies,” Vigano wrote on X.

Spain’s Ione Belarra: Israel must end ‘genocide’ of Palestinians in Gaza

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US citizens divided over Israeli response to war: Survey

According to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research, US citizens have become more likely to describe Israel as an ally since the war began but are divided over its response.

The survey, which was conducted from November 2 to 6, saw that 44 percent of people described Israel as an ally that shares US interests and values – up by 14 percent compared to an August poll where only 32 percent of Americans shared that opinion.

Only 36 percent said it’s extremely or very important to provide aid to Israel’s military. While 40 percent of Americans said, Israel’s military response in the Gaza Strip has gone too far.

Moreover, 38 percent said Israel’s response has been about right, and only 18 percent said it has not gone far enough.

But as Israel ramps up its intense bombardments of the besieged enclave, the Palestinian health ministry updated the death toll in Gaza to more than 10,500 Palestinians since October 7.

Leftist subs need to stop going private because of Vaushite/Destiny brigaders. It's only fueling them more.

PRCS says Israel ‘opened fire’ at ICU in al-Quds hospital

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says Israeli forces have opened fire on the intensive care unit at Al-Quds hospital in Gaza.

Earlier, PRCS earlier said one person was killed and 20 others were wounded in a shooting by Israeli snipers targeting the hospital.

We've entered that part of the war where all the uncertainties feel mostly settled and now it's just grind and I hate it.

All avenues for aid feel like they're closed. All pressures for a ceasefire feel closed. Best we can do is getting unions to strike against support.

North Gaza will eventually be defeated, it's a matter of time and grind on the current trajectory with no other forces doing anything worthwhile (fuck you hezbollah). Israel will hand it over to their puppets at the PA and will regularly intervene in any attempts to dislodge the PA's control there. This will cost Israel a lot but it won't matter as every other power in the region has made it clear that they're cucked.

Either a huge surprise happens and one of the players actually does something (unlikely now) or this is the path things are on.

DISGUSTING❗️ Palestinian girls are subjected to abuse by occupation soldiers in the Shuafat camp in Al-Quds! This is sexual harassment! CW: Sexual violence

the IDF seems to give out ranks like how strip mall tae kwon do schools give everyone a black belt. if you show up more than two weeks in a row, you’re made a lieutenant colonel. they have maybe 20 corporals in the entire army

In Gaza, ‘even children think of death’, says resident

Yousri al-Ghoul, a Palestinian political writer, said Israel is committing “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza.

Al-Ghoul left al-Shati refugee camp for Jabalia in northern Gaza.

“We didn’t know where to go,” he told Al Jazeera. Al-Ghoul said he and his family did not make the trip to the south due to safety concerns.

He said people who made it south have told him that Israeli troops set up multiple checkpoints, “killed many and took many as prisoners stole their money, stole their jewellery, everything they have”.

“No place in Gaza is safe,” he said. “We don’t have fuel, we don’t have bakeries, we don’t have bread, we don’t have water.

“Everyone here, even children, think of death.”

-Al Jazeera

Awful. And that's the first I've heard of checkpoints in Gaza.

No Palestinian Authority in post-war Gaza: Netanyahu

Israel’s leader has ruled out a role for the current Palestinian Authority government in Gaza once the war between Israel and Hamas is over.

“There will have to be something else there,” he said when asked whether the PA, which has partial administrative control in the occupied West Bank, may govern Gaza after the war.

“There won’t be a civilian authority that educates their children to hate Israel, to kill Israelis, to wipe out the state of Israel,” Netanyahu said.

- Al Jazeera

Ukrainian military officer coordinated Nord Stream pipeline attack

Huh.

"We found a Mein Kampf book that is in pristine condition in a war zone totally not staged!!!!!"

By slammer on twitter

I have a blueskkky code if anyone wants it

I am nationalizing the lathe and putting it under communist control, effective immediately

Al-Qassam published new scenes showing their forces confront the IOF invading the northern and southern axes of Gaza City, and destroy a number of army vehicles & Merkava tanks by using the Yassin-105 tandem HEAT rockets.

The real reason the Zapistanis are dissolving their municipalities is because they will soon announce the organization of the Lower Mexican Soviet Republic, and aim to liberate all of Mexico from capitalism

Israeli air strike targets mosque near hospital, market, bakery

Just a hundred metres away from the [Nasser] hospital, a mosque – the largest mosque in the area – was completely destroyed in an air strike.

What’s troubling about this air strike is it’s in the middle of a busy road – a main road leading to the side gate of the hospital and also a busy market with so many people out there shopping for daily essentials.

There’s also a bakery next to the mosque where a question of hundreds of people at least were waiting for bread.

An air strike without a warning, a bomb just fell on the mosque. So far, what has been brought to the hospital tens of seriously injured people. We don’t know exactly how many people have been killed.

for funsies i looked into an organization this lib linked as a qualified source for translation https://web.archive.org/web/20170906180510/http://www.internationallawbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ten-Great-Principles-of-the-Establishment-of-the-Unitary-ideology.pdf

while its just a pdf, and seems very normal on the surface, i just got this nagging feeling

uh so guess who funds the group

guess whos given awards to the group

now uh but its the uh

its uh

https://www.ned.org/2018-democracy-award/2018-democracy-award-honoree-citizens-alliance-for-north-korean-human-rights-nkhr/

its the National Endowment for Democracy

The fucking NED

the most well known and transparent CIA front org thats been around since the cold war

Why do I take these people seriously again?

this reminds me of when another lib linked an ' independent, anti-DPRK Korean news outlet' and it took a single google search to find it was based in WASHINGTON DC

oh my god it gets even better, guess what organization made that fake case against north korea to justify more sanctions? this very org, represented by

Sungju Lee

• A traitorous liar, so just but I don't know too much about this rube specifically. He does have a book on 'escaping north korea' with the usual bull.
• book was co-authored by an Amnesty international stooge named Susan Elizabeth McClelland, who seems completely out of the limelight usually but then appears to make shit like this and shill for Obama. She's a liberal feminist, but I think just a tool of a lib and not a fed stooge

Bum-Jin Park

• previously a member of the Korean National Assembly, also doesn't appear at all except in the org website and mentions by the NED
• Very little info despite being one of the heads of the org

and Youngja Kim

• Also founding member of Human Asia, the creator of the "The Asia Business and Human Rights Center" (ABHRC) who's mission statement is:

"The Asia Business and Human Rights Center (ABHRC) is a non-governmental organization focusing policy change via academic research and consultations. The Center is housed at Human Asia, founded in 2006, a non-profit human rights organization aiming to protect human rights via the establishment of a regional human rights mechanism, which is currently lacking only in Asia. In following with the goal, ABHRC aims to defend and integrate human rights in all business activities across the Asian region. ABHRC connects various stakeholders around the globe, including companies, civil society, governments, academics and international organizations, to discuss and identify the most pressing issues regarding human rights and business."

the Human Asia do not list their sponsors, that or i couldn't find them.

🚨🚑 Israeli occupation forces shot at a PRCS ambulance while attempting to reach an injured person and preventing the staff from transporting him. Crews are still trying to reach the injured at the entrance to Jenin camp. #NotATarget #IHL

NATO allies condemn Russia's withdrawal from CFE treaty, will suspend its operation

So turns out NATO is still plenty scared of Russia's conventional army, huh?

U.S. Weapons Transfers to Israel Shrouded in Secrecy

The Biden administration released a three-page itemized list of weapons provided to Ukraine, down to the exact number of rounds, the information released about weapons sent to Israel could fit in a single sentence.

Long form Interview with Palestinian Activist Khaled Barakat: "No one in Gaza demands 'ceasefire'"

Jim Acosta on CNN tonight to some other bozo clown: "Do we know who's firing on the people trying to leave the hospitals?"

Gee pal I dunno, it's probably evil Hamas shooting their own people to make perfect heaven baby angel soldiers the IDF look bad.

So I've been a bit hooked on eating greek yogurt every morning as my breakfast, and it occurred to me today "oh shit i should check to make sure the brand i like isn't part of the BDS boycott"

So i did and not only is it not, the ceo actually seems like one who doesn't deserve to get the wall

In 2014 Ulukaya pledged to donate $2 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. He has also donated to many Muslim charities associated with Iraq and Syria and has explored philanthropic avenues for helping refugees around the world. He signed up for The Giving Pledge, a philanthropic initiative by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

Ulukaya visited the Greek island of Lesbos in September 2015 to see first-hand the situation of the mostly Syrian refugees there. In 2015 he launched the Tent Foundation to help refugees. At Chobani's plants in Upstate New York and Idaho, Ulukaya has long hired refugees from around the world from regions across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

massacring children is bad? Oh wow, blood libel much???

I stg if this massacre ends in a puff of pink smoke announcing Netanyahu's baby daughter I'm gonna be so mad

Mahmoud Abbas is 87 years old, even older than Biden

Keir Starmer is battling to reassert his authority within the Labour party over the conflict in Gaza, with four shadow ministers prepared to quit in the coming days and up to 10 others on “resignation watch”.

The Labour leader is facing a rebellion by as many as a dozen shadow ministers, who sources say are ready to resign rather than vote against calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East, which Starmer has refused to back.

Several Labour MPs say they are under huge pressure from party members and constituents to take a firmer stance against the Israeli invasion of Gaza, as tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in pro-Palestinian protests in London this weekend.

A Labour official said party leaders were closely watching as many as 15 shadow ministers who have high numbers of Muslim constituents for signs they are about to quit, after the resignation of Imran Hussain on Tuesday night. None are understood to be in the shadow cabinet.

One Labour frontbencher told the Guardian:

My position has always been [that] the only way forward is a ceasefire. The pause [as advocated by Starmer] will not solve the problem. Someone needs to say enough is enough.

Another said:

I have over 600 emails on this which is more than any other subject ever, including Brexit and Covid I don’t know a Labour MP who isn’t under pressure at the moment.

- The Guardian

Does anybody want to add some context and make some predictions? I'm American so this is all Greek to me.

[Edit - I made a small one.]

And then along came a very powerful leader, you know who that is, and he said, 'no more.'

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